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(11) EP 1 578 909 A2

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(43) Date of publication:
28.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/39

(21) Application number: 02778196.2

(22) Date of filing: 16.08.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C12N 1/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2002/026022
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/016479 (27.02.2003 Gazette 2003/09)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 20.08.2001 US 934070

(71) Applicants:
  • The Burnham Institute
    La Jolla, CA 92037 (US)
  • Yale University
    New Haven, CT 06511 (US)
  • THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
    Boston, MA 02115 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • LIPTON, Stuart, A.
    Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92607-9018 (US)
  • ZHANG, Dongxian
    San Diego, CA 92130 (US)
  • CHATTERTON, Jon, E.
    San Diego, CA 92117 (US)
  • AWOBULUYI, Marc
    San Francisco, CA 94114 (US)
  • SEVARINO, Kevin, A.
    Cheshire, CT 06410 (US)

(74) Representative: UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG 
Patentanwälte Beselerstrasse 4
22607 Hamburg
22607 Hamburg (DE)

   


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